The Mail-Journal, Volume 13, Number 52, Milford, Kosciusko County, 19 January 1977 — Page 3

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THIS PHOTO of Milford’s high school was loaned to us by Mrs C. D. Barnes It show’s the building which was erected in 1878 A new school was called for after the old one. located where Campbell's market now stands, was burned to the ground The building shown was twostory and was constructed of trick t It was replaced by the present

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Milford junior high school building in 1914. It was also m 1878 that Milford’s school was graded And. through the untiring efforts of superintendent James Shepard a commission was received in 1911 The history of Milford*and the school system reveals something new each time we study it. While history does not tell us exactly where or when the high school had its start we do know the first

school building was located where the home of the Wayne Richardsons now stands on South Main street. Later, a little red school house was erected on the lot north of the house now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Young. Next came a white school house which was located near where the United Methodist church now stands, then the Campbell location and then to the present school property where two buildings have served the school population. Dedication ceremonies for the building (the present junior high) were held on December 18. 1914. The following spring the whole town turned out for the laying of the comer stone on May 15. % The first high school commencement exercise was held in the building on May 1. 1915. Before that commencement services were held in the Methodist church. Records of the high school alumni association shows the first class to graduate was in 1903 Class members were Nora Fuller. Martha Groves. Herbert Baumgartner and Cleve Miles The class of 1915. noted above as the first to graduate in exercises held In the new building, was composed of Marjorie Brown. Lavina (Haab) Perkins. Hazel Haney, Mrs. Russell (Theodora Merrick) Phillips. Beatrice (Myers) Hover. Mrs. Pearl (Bertha Neff) Wehriy. Ruth (Neff) Reid. Mrs. .Arthur (Marie Noss) Gilbert. Elizabeth* (Ruley) Miller and Noble Neff. Several of these class members are deceased now. as are the members of the class of 1903. The last class to graduate from Milford high school was the class of 1967 It was also the

largest class to graduate with 51 members. Members of that class are: Roberta Amsden, Allyson Anglin. Virginia Arthur. Judy Barker, Cynthia Beer, Joyce Beer, Gayla Bird. Sandra Crowl. Donna Davidsen, Barbara Davis. Barbara (Reed) Estep. Ruth Fox. Janie Garza. Nancy Johnson. Linda Kesler. Allene Kilmer. Kathleen Leemon. Kristi Litchenw alter. Patricia Mishler. Jean Moneyheffer. Dana Musser. Natalie Ostendorf. Janet Pnrdum. Karen Rarig. Becky Rosser. Marie Skrumelak, Melodie Stutzman. Linda Wertenberger. Kathy Wolferman. Wilma Faye Wright. And, David Arnold. Charles Beres. Darrell Brookins. John Bushong. Larry Criswell. Robert Hoerr, Gary Hurd, Jan Kizer. Gary Mock, James Orn, Parker Phend. 11, Mark Ramser. Henry Sierk. Ned Speicher. William Steffen. Martin Stookey. John Teeple. Alvin Walker. James Walker. Dennis Wuthrich and Stanley Wuthrich. WHAT A Birthday present! Barbara Eash of Nappanee, who is currently staying in the home of her daughter Sarah Slabaugh at Milford, celebrated her 91st birthday on Monday of last week. And, on Wednesday, she became a great-great-grandmother (not for the first time) when Rick Graff and wife Kim became the parents of their first child. Jason Ryan. Former Milford residents Roger and Shirley Graff of Fort Wayne are the grandparents. HAVE YOU ever driven around Our Town at a few minutes after 8 a.m. on a snowy morning? Ye ole editor did just that one morning last week and found the ground covered with a beautiful white blanket. Few other people were moving about — the youngsters were already at their studies. Ronn Smith « was seen delivering oil and here and there lights were burning in homes but no other traffic was moving — things were so still and peaceful. It was hard to believe that in just a few short minutes the town would be buzzing as stores and businesses opened for their daily activities. WE LL DO ALMOST anything to get our minds off this cold weather, so surmises Dr. T. A. Miller, local vet and town board president. His suggestion is to wage a guessing contest, perhaps a buck or two on the side, to determine when the large snow bank at the Chore-Time-Brock parking lot will melt. Not a bad idea. But who’s holding the money? ON JANUARY 13. Emma Krauter celebrated her birthday, with a cake provided by Charlie Weisser. She also remarked that she received many calls and gifts from friends. Friends of Churck Berkey pile are chiding him about upsetting his wrecker on Beer Road just east of the Robert Brooks home Tuesday morning. The town truck spun off the road and went into the ditch, and when Berkeypile tried to right the town truck, his wrecker ended up in the ditch alongside the town truck. It took a Sharp Hardware tractor to fetch both vehicles out of the ditch. Chock is reluctant to admit this, but his friends won’t let the story rest. SOVIET LAUNCH Russia on Nov. 10, INA laundied Zond 6, « unmanned spaceship which drdad the moon.

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IrOOB, FUCKS t FIN A Guide To Area Entertainment

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TO START FRIDAY — Pearl Bailey is cast as the wife of Redd Foxx in the new laugh hit from MGM. ''Norman... Is That You?” The United Artiste release will open Friday at the Center Cinema. Warsaw.

Comedy-drama has played throughout the world

As a stage production, the comedy-drama “Norman . ... Is That You?” has played throughout the world: Italy, France. Portugal. England. Brazil. And in most of these countries it was the longestrunning American play in the history of the stage. In the United Stales it recently ran for 26 weeks in Las Vegas and there have been touring companies headed up by such stellar names as Milton Berle and Harvey Korman George Schlatter, who produced, directed and co-wrote the MGM screen version had read a copy of the script on a plane trip from Los Angeles to New York and was so impressed that he called from the airport to initiate a picture deal for the play, which originally opened on Broadway He also decided to star Redd Foxx and Pearl Bailey. Schlatter started work at once on the screenplay with writers Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick. However, during the fallowing six years Schlatter was busy producing and directing his successful “Laugh-In” series, plus a spate of impressive TV specials with such stars as Cher and Diana Ross. It was while he was producing the Cher series that Schlatter approached actor-comedian Redd Foxx about accepting the starring role in “Norman.” Foxx knew of the play and agreed immediately to star in the movie version, which is being re’eased by United Artists, v Transamerica Company. It will open Friday at the Center Cinema. Schlatter’s relationship with Pearl Bailey, who stars as Foxx’s wife in the film, goes back to he years when the producer was manager of a then popular nightclub on the Sunset Strip called Ciro's Miss Bailey was one of the many talents who

FAMILY FILM OPENS FRIDAY — “Across the Great Divide.” the story of two orphans, opens Friday at the Pickwick Theater. Syracase. and the Lake Theater. Warsaw and the Goshen Theater. Featnred in the family fllm b Robert Logan and George “Buck” Flower.

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appeared there, so she was pleased to work with him again. Others in the starring roles include Dennis Dugan, Michael Warren. Tamara Dobson. Verne Watson. Jayne Meadows and introduces Wayland Flowers. The film was photographed by director of photography Gayne Rescher entirely in Los Angeles and Beverlv Hills. It was edited by George Folsey, Jr. The final screenplay is by Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick in collaboration with George Schlatter. The musical score was composed by William Goldstein with lyrics by Ron Miller

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Wed., Jan. 19,1977—THE MAIL-JOURNAL

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14 YEARS AGO. JAN. 24, 1963 Mr. and Mrs. Sam Craig of r 2 Milford observed their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, Jan. 19. They were married in Virginia in 1913. The Milford Trojans were downed last Friday evening when the Warriors of Wawaka visited the Milford hardwood and ended die game with 63-51 victory. In the “B” team game the junior Trojans topped the junior Warriors by a score of 49 to 31. Ann Purdum. Milford high school sophomore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H Purdum of Syracuse, received her student’s certificate from instructor David Voxland after soloing on her 16th birthday last Thursday, Jan. 17. A new fertilizer warehouse, something new in this area, is announcing its opening at Milford. The large warehouse, which will handle both bulk and bagged fertilizer for farmers, is located on north James street in Milford and is being opened by Wilbur D. Ward. 24 YEARS AGO. JAN. 22.1953 The eighty-fifth birthday of the Sunday school of the Christian church will be celebrated next Sunday, January 25. The Milford Christian church was organized with 21 charter members on December 5,1866, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Felkner who lived south of Milford where the Lloyd J. Felkners now live. After a family birthday dinner last night for Mrs. Harold Yeater at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Rassi, and her sisters. Mary Helen and Linda, Mrs. Yeater was surprised when several friends came bringing her a fine living room chair for her home. 36 YEARS AGO, JAN. 23.1947 Rev. Lee Cory, who has been in Poland for several weeks on a relief mission, sailed from home January 10. It is not known just when he will arrive in the United States as that depends on the number of ports made by the boat. Theo Beer entered the Elkhart general hospital on Sunday for a few days’ medical treatment. His ailment was diagnosed as a stomach ulcer and he was given>blood transfusion. At a recent meeting of the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce. action was taken toward making a survey of public opinion in that city regarding changing the town’s name from Syracuse to Wawasee. The same issue was brought up in Syracuse about ten years ago after W. E. Long had made the addition of the Pickwick Block to Syracuse. Bitter arguments ensued and no vote of opinion was made. 46 YEARS AGO, JAN. 21,1937 Donald Hart, residing between

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Milford and New Paris, was awarded a' gold medal for a Belgian colt at the Indiana Livestock Breeders’ meeting held at Purdue, last week. State authorities Saturday afternoon seized two large stills and other equipment used in the making of liquor, located east of North Webster. The officers destroyed 50 gallons of mash, 30 gallons of alcohol and some of the equipment. Operator of the stills fled before the raid and has not been seen since. Milford's Trojans annexed another victory to their season’s list Friday evening when they administered the quieting powders to their neighbor chums up the ditch. It was a nicely played game, but Syracuse was unable to overcome the lead which the Trojans *built up and protected so well. The final score of the game was 26-12, Milford. 60 YEARS AGO. JAN. 25,1917 Gasoline is not to be out done and within the past week has advanced 3 cents on the gallon. The cause is the shortage of crude ml. Should the shortage continue, and the demand remain. 25 cents will be the price by Washington’s birthday. John Bender, a farmer residing near Milfdrd Junction, told of a robbery at his place on Sunday night. Some person drove up to his com crib with a big wagon and hauled away a big load of corn: The wagon tracks were plainly visible outside the crib and there was plenty of other evidence of the thieves’ visit, but practically no clue to aid in running them down. A little Milford boy, son of Samuel Ruch, was skating at the school house Monday, and accidently run under one of the horses hitched to a township wagon, and was kicked by one of the horses. The little fellow was unconscious for awhile, but was back to school Tuesday. When asked about the accident said, “I didn’t come back to my mind till midnight.”

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